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Joe Zawinul
Released 2002

Café Andalusia (A Day in Tunisia)
07:12
83 plays

East 12th Street Band
06:16
81 plays

Familiar to Me
04:39
79 plays

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songs

- 1
- The Search
- 02:03
- 153 plays

- 2
- All About Simon
- 04:57
- 143 plays

- 3
- Introduction to Tower of Silence
- 01:29
- 64 plays

- 4
- Tower of Silence
- 06:09
- 77 plays

- 5
- The Spirit of Julian "C" Adderley
- 05:31
- 117 plays

- 6
- Familiar to Me
- 04:39
- 79 plays

- 7
- Café Andalusia (A Day in Tunisia)
- 07:12
- 83 plays

- 8
- Good Day
- 05:11
- 65 plays

- 9
- Barefoot Beauty
- 06:15
- 54 plays

- 10
- Rooftops of Vienna
- 06:01
- 70 plays

- 11
- Borges Buenos Aires, Pt. 1
- 04:38
- 57 plays

- 12
- Borges Buenos Aires, Pt. 2
- 02:51
- 67 plays

- 13
- Siseya
- 02:35
- 50 plays

- 14
- East 12th Street Band
- 06:16
- 81 plays

album review

Keyboardist/composer Joe Zawinul's accomplishments with Miles Davis, Cannonball Adderley, and Weather Report, amid his revolutionary approach to synths, cannot be undermined. In some instances, artists such as Zawinul set paradigms of excellence and inventiveness that might seem difficult to repeat. Naturally, the listener shouldn't expect any performer to continually rest on his or her laurels, or abide by a proven or perhaps unwavering formula. To that end, Zawinul's 2002 solo effort seems to be a summarization of his recent jazz/fusion/world music stylizations, witnessed by his Zawinul Syndicate band. As this solo effort offers more of the same. Here, the keyboardist enlists a multinational cast of percussionists (including ex-Weather Report personnel), vocalists, and soloists for an album that more or less mirrors his recent output. Regrettably, few if any of these works impart a permanent impression. Many of these arrangements feature Zawinul's wily synth passages and otherworldly Vocoder (digital EFX) based vocalese. He pays homage to his former employer, Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, on the piece titled "The Spirit of Julian "C" Adderley." The basis for this production entails an array of rather predictable worldbeat-style discourses consisting of shifting percussion vamps, North African modalities, and quaint Austrian folk melodies. There are some touching moments to complement a few rousing opuses. Overall, there are some compelling musical events to coincide with what appears to be a hodgepodge of contrasting notions stitched together. ~ Glenn Astarita, All Music Guide